简介：Inasmallvillage,locateddeepwithinthemountainsofAntique,livesELENA,55.Elenaisnoordinarywoman,sheisthevillage's"Binukot"-a"keptmaiden",meaningshewaschosenasthefairestamongstthewomeninhervillageandassuchwasconfinedinsideherhouse,neverbeingallowedtogooutside,orworkthefields;andbecausesheisrespectedandrevered,herfaceisalwayscoveredwithaveil.Sheisalsotheonechosentokeeptheoraltraditionalive,memorizingthechantsandperformingitduringspecialoccasions.Butastheworldprogressesintothemodernage--theageoftheepicsshechantsabout,eventheveryexistenceofthe"binukot",slowlydeteriorates.Noonewantstobe"chosen"anymore,leastofallLETTY,15;Elena'syounggranddaughter.Lettywantedtoliveherlife,goout,learnnewthingsandfallinlove.AllofwhichElenadisapprovesofbecauseforElena,Lettydoesnothaveachoiceinthematter,justassheneverhadachoicewhenshewaschosen.However,asLettyfallsinlovewithayoungmanandthreatensthesanctityofthe"tuos",(thepactmadebetweenthesupernaturaldeitiesandtheirvillage)puttingLettyindanger,Elenarealizedthatshecannotjuststandaside.AndasshefightsforLetty'srighttoliveherownlife,Elenafindsherselfcomingfacetoface,literally,withtheghostsofatraditionwhichshackledherintoalifeofsolitaryconfinement. -WrittenbyRoderickCabrido…